Fiber has an insecure fallback in utils.UUIDv4() / utils.UUID() — predictable / zero‑UUID on crypto/rand failure

Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-68rr-p4fp-j59v

Fiber v2 contains an internal vendored copy of `gofiber/utils`, and its functions `UUIDv4()` and `UUID()` inherit the same critical weakness described in the upstream advisory. On **Go versions prior to 1.24**, the underlying `crypto/rand` implementation **can return an error** if secure randomness cannot be obtained. In such cases, these Fiber v2 UUID functions silently fall back to generating predictable values — the all-zero UUID `00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`. On Go **1.24+**, the language guarantees that `crypto/rand` no longer returns an error (it will block or panic instead), so this vulnerability primarily affects **Fiber v2 users running Go 1.23 or earlier**, which Fiber v2 officially supports. Because no error is returned by the Fiber v2 UUID functions, application code may unknowingly rely on *predictable, repeated, or low-entropy identifiers* in security-critical pathways. This is especially impactful because many Fiber v2 middleware components (session middleware, CSRF, rate limiting, request-ID generation, etc.) **default to using `utils.UUIDv4()`**. Impact includes, but is not limited to: * **Session fixation or hijacking** (predictable session IDs) * **CSRF token forgery** or bypass * **Authentication replay / token prediction** * **Potential denial-of-service (DoS):** if the zero UUID is generated, key-based structures (sessions, rate-limits, caches, CSRF stores) may collapse into a single shared key, causing overwrites, lock contention, or state corruption * **Request-ID collisions**, undermining logging and trace integrity * **General compromise** of confidentiality, integrity, and authorization logic relying on UUIDs for uniqueness or secrecy All Fiber v2 versions containing the internal `utils.UUIDv4()` / `utils.UUID()` implementation are affected when running on **Go <1.24**. **No patched Fiber v2 release currently exists.** --- ## Suggested Mitigations / Workarounds Update to the latest version of Fiber v2. --- ### Likelihood / Environmental Factors It’s important to note that **entropy exhaustion on modern Linux systems is extremely rare**, as the kernel’s CSPRNG is resilient and non-blocking. However, **entropy-source failures** — where `crypto/rand` cannot read from its underlying provider — are significantly more likely in certain environments. This includes containerized deployments, restricted sandboxes, misconfigured systems lacking read access to `/dev/urandom` or platform-equivalent sources, chrooted or jailed environments, embedded devices, or systems with non-standard or degraded randomness providers. On **Go <1.24**, such failures cause `crypto/rand` to return an error, which the Fiber v2 UUID functions currently treat as a signal to silently generate predictable UUIDs, including the zero UUID. This silent fallback is the root cause of the vulnerability. --- ## References * Upstream advisory for `gofiber/utils`: **GHSA-m98w-cqp3-qcqr** * Source repositories: * `github.com/gofiber/fiber` * `github.com/gofiber/utils` --- ## Credits / Reporter Reported by **@sixcolors** (Fiber Maintainer / Security Team)

Open Source Vulnerabilities GO-2026-4471

Fiber has an insecure fallback in utils.UUIDv4() / utils.UUID() — predictable / zero‑UUID on crypto/rand failure in github.com/gofiber/fiber

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2025-66630

Fiber is an Express inspired web framework written in Go. Before 2.52.11, on Go versions prior to 1.24, the underlying crypto/rand implementation can return an error if secure randomness cannot be obtained. Because no error is returned by the Fiber v2 UUID functions, application code may unknowingly rely on predictable, repeated, or low-entropy identifiers in security-critical pathways. This is especially impactful because many Fiber v2 middleware components (session middleware, CSRF, rate limiting, request-ID generation, etc.) default to using utils.UUIDv4(). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.52.11.